As you can see from the laughing faces of the class photo below, Friday’s students on my ‘Introduction to celebration cakes’ workshop all seemed to thoroughly enjoy themselves. The students, many having dealt with cake disasters at home, were all willing and eager to learn. They found kneading the sugarpaste – a must for all […]
Sugarcraft Workshops
Novelty cat cake carving class
“I feel really chuffed” and “I’m definitely coming back, I’ve learnt so much” were a couple of the comments from last Fridays novelty cake carving class. For many of the students it was the first time they had ever carved a cake so at first it was all a little daunting….however once I’d showed them […]
Fashion Cookie workshop
“I really want to stay a couple more hours….I’m having such fun!” was one of the many comments I heard at Friday’s designer cookie class. I always love teaching cookie classes as everyone always enjoys themselves and students are often amazed at what they can create. Many, but not all, of Friday’s students were new […]
Wonky cake class – students at work
My wonky style cake classes have always been very popular; they are also ones of my favourite classes to teach. Students arrive not really knowing what to expect and go home having learnt not only how to carve and cover my signature style cakes but also armed with lots of tips and ideas to help […]
Spring Cookie Decorating Class
Decorated cookies – what a great alternative to traditional Easter eggs, I’m sure the family and friends of Fridays students will be suitably impressed. Many students were completely new to sugarcraft so I think you’ll agree they did really well. We even had two ladies fly over from Majorca especially for the class!! – It never […]
Chalk and Chocolate Classes in Canada – Article published in Cake Craft magazine
I visited Bonnie Gordon’s School of Confectionary Arts in Toronto, Canada about this time last year, to teach not only my first classes in Canada but the first classes in the new school premises – what a privilege! I had a fantastic time and met a whole host of very talented sugarcrafters. The story of […]